Long Waxing Poems

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Premium Member Mystery of Clair De Lune

While the city rests under the velvet of skyline ,
I lie awake to trace a highway of clouds
trailing against a lunar pageant,
as evening shadows alter different time zones 
throughout the universe's frame-- 
while ambrosial rawness enters my pores
from the fondle of this waxing red-ball.

Oh Clair de Lune...there is something mysterious
about your portrait of near midnight: amiable...
dangerous, and carnal ; just ripe for my heart
to listen as nocturnal larks trill a serenade--
each note ready to multiply into hundreds
of minutes; that such orb's mystery remains
unanswered by all creatures anticipating 
a new moon's rhapsody gradually simmering
like your allured chant which flames
upon lovers' clandestine rendezvous.





For Craig Cornish: Claire De Lune
Revised, new poem    8/7/2018


Premium Member letting go

eventually the overthinking had stopped 
meditation and prayer had settled emotional scores
and bygones became a bright shadow of hope
past performance was no indicator of future success
the Tarot cards merely pictures of a possible path
a fool on a journey of becoming wise and serene

he settled for what was there at this moment
in immense gratitude and with blossoming faith

in his dream he was transported by a yellow convertible
surely a yellow brick road of transformation ahead
and he settled for amber curiosity and anticipation
conversed with Higher Powers to be in absolute charge

he dusted his boots and polished up an experience
that he had not chosen but lead to freedom and mileage
laced his walking shoes and ventured in patience

floodgates had closed once the earthquake diminished
as a rainbow and solemn star in the sky offered guidance
to move on and embrace a waxing moon of departure
destination not yet disclosed one day at a time

Change the Plot

I have this strange feelings twirling in my stomach since yesterday and it will not go away, it is not a feeling of pain, it’s not a feeling of shame or guilt, it is the feeling you get when someone has taken your heart away. You know the one that young lovers get when they fall in love for the first time and don’t have a dime? It is not quite like that but almost like that. It feels like something is literally twirling in my stomach, I am not sure if it is butterfly or middle age crisis.

 I was supposed to be going places, soaking in hot springs and enjoying fine beaches. I was supposed to be going places, skiing on the slopes, and holding on to the ropes, climbing branded mountains and spending the night in the wooded cabins piled up with snow around me with a little fire place to warm my hands and feet while sipping hot chocolates from my brand name mug. 

But here I am in this place stuck for four long years suffocating from the stanch coming from the toilet pit hardheaded children screaming from the top of their voices, stirring my bones and sinews, great god, I have to start my life anew.

I grip firmly to my pride listening to the commotion around me and the cars racing up and down the alley, the music box shouts from across the street while the night fades slowly before me and embracing daylight in front of me. The birds start swirling in the restless sky looking for the early morning goodbye. 

I walked along the road and looked at their faces soaked with anxiety and parched variety; the waxing moon hinges its burden to the sky and watches the people as they go by. Plunging into precipice and drowning in waterfalls. I watch the lines moving around the bend; parallel lines, straight line, zigzag lines, curved lines and horizontal lines that one can walk on. I followed the diagonal line to the end looking for a new friend but the butterfly kept twirling in my stomach and I feel like throwing up.

Change the plot or many more will rot, change the plot and get the people out of the rock, change the plot and get me back on track. Change the plot so that I can wear a brand new frock. Change the plot to end the shock. Change the plot and raise your glasses.
Form: Narrative

Premium Member A Mad Week In the Mountains

i almost cried 
bought a cheap 
gas bottle
from a friend 
who was up visiting
said a neighbor 
had moved out
gave it 
to him saying 
its almost full
saying its three times
normal size 
of the gas bottle t
which you 
have out there 

how much 
do you want 
for it i said
seeing a chance 
of a bargain 
really interested
30 euros he said 
managed to get it 
for 20 euros
telling him
i am taking a chance
it might not work
smiling into myself
different story later

got it back 
to the place
carried it 
around the back
got a jublie clip 
connected them together
went in 
began putting on a fry
cooking away almost done 
i turn to
my niece 
walks in the door

she gives me
 one awful push 
screaming into flames 
roaring saying 
the place
is on fire 
all the hairs 
on my arms 
went up 
in smoke 
caught a bucket of water 
throwing it 
upon the flames 
my hair catches fire 
my niece 
was roaring laughing 
at this stage 

ran around 
the back ripped 
the gas bottle 
out from the wall
run in with another 
bucket of water 
dousing the flames 
ran to the barrel 
of water 
dipping my hands in
only now 
i am shaking 
with shock

that stupid gas bottle 
has just 
cost me 
a clean fortune 
should of known
it was to 
good to be true

put creams 
for burns on 
had a sleepless night 
but everything is ok 
just have 
hairless arms 
sick working at 
repairing the damage

that is me 
finished with
 gas bottles
my niece 
said she could
not help laughing 
even i was in flames 
she said it was the fastest
she ever saw me moving 
with your hair on fire
it was like something out 
of a movie 

she said 
it did not seem real
that she was shocked 
stood and done nothing
my father today 
began laughing

he said my arms 
he never seen them 
looking so smooth looking
a better job 
than waxing he said
a mad story 
from the hills 
of donegal

imagine that 
an idiot almost 
blew himself up 
laughing out loud
into myself ha ha

Premium Member Twilight

Twilight

One evening we reflect on the illusion of time as the shadows grow longer
  fire and passion twinkles in our eyes to guide us through befriended night
    the time has come for candles incense evening song soft tender touches

From whence me met the bond of love emerged and cultivated ever stronger   
  launched our intermingling journey's shelter guidance rather miraculously alight
    together we ascended out of lonely days and nights rejected twilight’s judges

Our inner compass navigated by the waxing moon’s unison pulled us to wander
  in wonderment one-sightedness’ gravitation pushed open luscious sensorial delight
    we played before and after dusky dawn and musky pleasures erased all smudges

Of the past while we forgave but not forgot chose to enjoy and not to squander
  each light and every angle lens perspective to melt our stories to relive rewrite
    as ‘Kairos’ passes ‘Chronos’ streams of consciousness while Cosmos watches

Kindness togetherness hungry craving adoration in abounds that knows no yonder
  with life a thoughtful feeling’s pleasure cruise flowing with tides no struggle’s fight
    one evening waits and wrinkles paint condense come walking frame or crutches

Our skin will peel and show our age in timeless time but we travel fond and fonder 
  fondle caress our heartfelt minds and mating souls our grateful passage in full sight
    in infinite eternal sanctum solemn homebound prayer until and when the reaper clutches

22nd September 2016
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Doubledged Prophets

In prophecy
we often fixate 
on time's unprofitable passage,
on degenerative change
on long-neglected reform
on our need to redeem our time
now past.

Yet this notice of opportunities and risks
for future climates of pathology and health
is surrounded by an implicit right-hemisphere awareness,
a felt prophecy
pre-verbal
erupting from compassionate tenacity
of resilient health-wealth Time re-membered,

Matriarchal womb nurtured,
this prophetic nutrition of communal circles
and resonant spirals,
waxing and waning waves
of emotively implied pre-formation,
primal ZeroZone re-attachment
back through
and to
All Souls Yang-unfolding and Yin-refolding
universal and unitarian
strong-flowing
prophetic TaoTime;

Time tenaciously prophetic,
compassionately redeveloping integrity of health re-connected with wealth
left rationality with right synergy
polypathic thought with polyphonic feeling;

Courageous Either/Or with curious Both/And 
ego/eco-logic;
Vulnerable with Transparent 
prophetic polyculturing communication.

I Am a Voodoo Doll

Here I am

a voodoo doll

made from rags

of what is left

filled with organic lavnder

of what once was

squashed between two palms

without a lifeline


I  am here

whilst you are there

beneath our waxing moon

embroidering my heart

with mourning cross-stitch


'I don't want to say

what I feel to say'

'I don't want to complicate

our existence'


I hear you chant

by a bonfire

invoking spirits

who have no memory


I hear you shout

persuading them

to exert their influence

into both worlds

Yours and my own


There you are

with pins and needles

fighting your battle

against the depth

of these eyes

which seek your lips

against the height

of your thought

which seeks my dream

against the length

of one love which 

lives the present


Blue is the colour

that cast the curse

of ancient spells

against its enemy


that cast the curse

against two souls

which breathe as one

but not forever


Here I am

a voodoo doll

made from rags

of what is left

Patchworking my pride

Escaping so far

from that last

sharp pinching feeling.



ps-I do believe the only healer is God but I enjoyed myself watching a documentary
about things I never knew even if its not what i believe...

This is a fiction poem inspired by a short documentary 
I always thought as voodoo dolls as something evil
but this documentary stated that in African countries
these dolls are used for healing and good will.

So What

The naysayers are going to "nay,"
So why are you concerned with what they
think or say? 

They're just doing their job,
And some are quite good at it...
Remember you had a glorious destiny
Before they had an opinion.
So please never forget--
To forget would be tragic;
Knowing you never unleashed that God-given magic.
It was given to you,
So you must see it through.
Yes, by being true to yourself--
And no worries; you have all the help.

So...

So, what, they give you the evil eye?
Stay true and remember your "why."
So what if they launch scurrilous attacks and 
Act jealous?
It's okay because truth shines in darkness like a
waxing gibbous 
So what they throw lemons at your feet
Step on them and then pick 'em up and make
Lemonade that's cold and sweet

So.... So.... So....  What?
The stage has been set; the time is now. So strut!

Premium Member Where the Wind Blows

The Waxing Moon and the Wind

The winter wind tears at the throat of night
like a fair weather friend. 
Once, breeze born seeds had nourished
the ripe soil of summer's joining,
alliances of water, wind, earth and fire
which formed from heart source,
now ravaged by competition.
Howls of blood lust wreak havoc
on the weakening darkness, the pack hunts,
reveling in the hoar frost and the sharp
hump of gibbous moon in the eastern sky.
Each rattle of shutter brings hope to the
onslaught of gale searching to claim
the lead and lead…
to find a chink in the human armor
of hearth, home and family.
Yet, though the wind has might,
the heart fire burns bright and in this warm
light true friendship can be born,
for there is no beauty in the gnashing of teeth
and rending of nascent flesh.
May the wind mellow and once again
carry the seeds of Spring, new life, new art,
and upon the rack of Godly hart.

Premium Member Precious Moments

No longer marooned 

The underworld of pain too much cement
concrete delusions with only the scent
of stench life force spent a path on descent

Curve balls and orbit on steady decline
moon waning and waxing to intertwine
her shadows with his at first clandestine

Once secrets vanished they conquered the moon
cherished the crescents squared semi circles’ doom
moon spoons dining together to their tune

All moments now precious on lunar scape
assembled the stars their hearts now agape
they took their chance for this epic escape

‘I love you so much’ ‘I adore you so too’
‘Our orb’s tattoo is thus no longer taboo’
A miracle but the moon always knew

17th March 2017

Syllables checked on howmanysyllables.com
Form: Rhyme

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